Improvement in window-blinds



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THOMAS DONATO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 103,854, dated June?, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that I, THOMAS DONATO, of the city of New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedWindow-Blind; and I do lhereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable Others skilledin the ait to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this speeication.

Figure 1 represents a face view of my improved window-blind.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same, taken on`theplane of the line xx, iig. 1.

Stimilar letters'of reference indicate corresponding par s.

This invention relatesto a new manner of securing pivoted slats in theframes of window-blinds.

`The invention has for its object to provide a more secure fastening forthe slats, and, at the same time, greater facility for removing the samefor repair.

The invention consists in scouring each slat A, by means of separatetenons a a, to two vertical bars, B and O, the said bars being pivoted,near their upper and lower ends, to small leversD D, that are pivoted,in the centers, to the frame E of the blind. The slats are thus notpivoted directly to t-he frame, but are braced and stiffened bythe barsB C, which are pivoted to the levers D.

The mainl advantage of this arrangement is, that that the slats can bereadily removed for repair without taking the whole blind-frame apart.

The pivots b of the bars B O can be readily reached, and, as I prefer tomake them in the form of screws, they can be removed when desired.

When the bars are removed with the slats, they can be easily takenapart. l

Another advantage of this arrangement is, that mosquito-nets may bereadily secured to the inner l edges of the b ars B or C withoutinterfering with the adjustment of the slats.

The bars B C may, however, when desired, be concealed and covered byornamental moldings, which are fastened tothe frame A.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desirel to secure by Letters Patent- The bars B C andpivot-edlevers D, combined with the blind-slats A, which have doubletenons at both ends, as set forth, all arranged as specified.

Witnesses: THOMAS DONATO.

vGIUOSEPPE DONATO,

GEO. W. MABEE.

